Studied by 1 personVoluntarism
________: Active control by intention and motives.
Max Wertheimer
________ studied Gestalt psychology.
Titchner
________ believed in structuralism.
Psychology
________: The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
Structuralism
________: The idea that experiences could be broken up into pieces (sensations and emotions)
Functionalism
________: Idea that mind allows function in the real world.
Objective Introspection
________: Reactions to objects and descriptions of immediate experience.
Behaviorism
________: Idea that psych should be a science of observable behavior.
Cognitive Psychology
________: Study of mental processes.
Titchner
________ was a student of Wilhelm Wundt.
Psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
operant conditioning
The belief that behaviors that are reinforced increase and vice versa
Voluntarism
Active control by intention and motives
Structuralism
The idea that experiences could be broken up into pieces (sensations and emotions)
Functionalism
Idea that mind allows function in the real world
Behaviorism
Idea that psych should be a science of observable behavior
Humanistic Psychology
"Third Force"
Cognitive Psychology
Study of mental processes
Evolutionary Psychology
Studies behavior, mental processes, and their adaptive value
Positive Psychology
Focus on well-being, positive emotions, resilience, altruism, etc
What other branches of psych sprang up in light of the backlash against behaviorism?
-humanistic psych
-evolutionary psych
-cognitive psych
-positive psych
Why was there backlash against behaviorism?
“dehumanizing” perspective
focus on environment-shaping behavior
all “nurture”
What was B.F. Skinner known for?
Operant Conditioning
Who did the “Little Albert” experiment?
Watson
What does Psychodynamic Theory entail?
Psychoanalysis
Role of the unconscious
What was Sigmund Freud’s theory?
Psychodynamic Theory
What does Gestalt Psychology state?
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Who studied Gestalt Psychology?
Max Wertheimer
What were William James’ two focuses?
The “stream of consciousness.”
Functionalism
Who did William James disagree with? Why?
James disagreed with Titchner
James believed that “atoms of experience” could not be created.
Titchner’s main belief was that experiences could be broken up into pieces
Who were the “Behaviorists?”
Pavlov
Watson
B.F. Skinner
Who are considered the “Early Pioneers"?
William James
Max Wertheimer
Sigmund Freud
Pavlov
Watson
B.F. Skinner
Who was the first woman to receive a PhD in Psychology?
Margaret F. Washburn
What areas does Structuralism say experiences can be broken up into?
sensations
emotions
What did Titchner believe in?
Titchner believed in Structuralism
Who was Titchner a student of?
Titchner was a student of Wilhelm Wundt
Who were some of Wundt’s students?
Greenville Stanley Hall
James McKeen Cattel
Edward Titchner
What areas did Wundt’s lab study?
Memory
Selective attention w/ a focus on voluntarism
What methods did Wundt use?
Wundt used Objective Introspection
Who developed the first Psych lab?
Wilhelm Wundt in 1879
How old is the field of Psychology?
Science of “psychology” is relatively new
Study of metacognition is very old (Ancient Greek philosophers)
roots of psych are extensive
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